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Ann Patchett Quotes

Ann Patchett quotes

American Author December 2, 1963

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Whenever I saw her, I felt like I had been living in another country, doing moderately well in another language, and then she showed up speaking English and suddenly I could speak with all the complexity and nuance that I hadn't realized was gone. With Lucy I was a native speaker. Ann Patchett
Art stands on the shoulders of craft, which means that to get to the art, you must master the craft. If you want to write, practice writing. Ann Patchett
Ann Patchett quote: "The light was cut to lace by the trees that had grown so thick..."
The light was cut to lace by the trees that had grown so thick with leaves in the last few months. Ann Patchett
It was nothing like Roxanne singing, where it seemed that everyone's heart would have to wait until she finished before it could beat again. Ann Patchett
There was no one clear point of loss. It happened over and over again in a thousand small ways and the only truth there was to learn was that there was no getting used to it. Ann Patchett
Well, you can't tell it from looking at him....It makes you wonder. All the brilliant things we might have done with our lives if only we suspected we knew how. Ann Patchett
Ann Patchett quote: "A pain exploded up high in her chest and spit her out of this..."
A pain exploded up high in her chest and spit her out of this terrible world. Ann Patchett
Ann Patchett quote: "I wanted to eat her pain, take it into me and make it my own."
I wanted to eat her pain, take it into me and make it my own. Ann Patchett
The Swedish he knew was mostly from Bergman films. He had learned it as a college student, matching the subtitles to the sounds. In Swedish, he could only converse on the darkest of subjects. Ann Patchett
It was too much work to remember things you might not have again, and so one by one they opened up their hands and let them go. Ann Patchett
I can write for any magazine now, in any voice. I can do it in two hours, I could do it in my sleep, it's like writing a grocery list. Ann Patchett
It is said the sesta is one of the only gifts the Europeans brought to South America, but I imagine the Brazilians could have figured out how to sleep in the afternoon without having to endure centuries of murder and enslavement. Ann Patchett
Ann Patchett quote: "For a man to know what he has when he had it, that is what..."
For a man to know what he has when he had it, that is what makes him a fortunate man. Ann Patchett
Ann Patchett quote: "She was his wife in every way that mattered and that would..."
She was his wife in every way that mattered and that would save her. Ann Patchett
Ann Patchett quote: "People souldn't be allowed to decide that they wished to..."
People souldn't be allowed to decide that they wished to remain a hostage Ann Patchett

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